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WYEP – Women’s History Month, Weekend Two A continued dive into Sharp Radway’s “Black Women (A Conversation) 1972 lookbacks at the Staple Singers, Osibisa Marlon…

WYEP Saturday Afternoon An in-depth tribute to funk queen Betty Davis, including interviews with her filmmaker Phil Cox and her Pittsburgh producer Lionell Dudley Lyndsey…

On The Soul Show, Lionell Dudley joins me to reflect on his experiences with Betty Davis. Here he tells of a meeting where he, his…

Ever since reading this 2014 Pittsburgh City Paper article about TRAF’s diversity dearth, I’ve paid close attention to the trajectory of change. It’s been a…

WYEP Saturday Afternoon We celebrate the backbone of the Hi Rhythm Section, Howard Grimes, who played on ten Al Green albums and supported everyone from…

Join Mike Canton for an interview with author/historian Dr. Grant Harper Reid, who witnessed and documented Jimi’s complicated 1969 Harlem street concert, immediately after Woodstock…

Today on TSS, We remember Syl Johnson, Chicago-bred blues and soul artist who created one of the most haunting civil rights anthems of all time…

I’m dropping everything, as is appropriate, to pay tribute to Betty Davis. It will be a work in progress, so keep coming back. We’ll start…